Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryLaboratory for Organic Chemistry

Place

Zagreb

State

Croatia

Scientific field, discipline, subdiscipline

BIOTECHNICAL SCIENCESFood Technology

Study programme type

university

Study level

undergraduate

Study programme

Food Technology

Academic title abbreviation

univ. bacc. ing. techn. aliment.

Genre

undergraduate thesis

Language

Croatian

Defense date

2012-06-29

Parallel abstract (English)

Proteins are known to be involved in diverse biological interactions. Any disorder of their function causes chronic or infectious disease. Since the application of peptides as therapeutics is limited, peptidomimetics arise as a new promising peptide analogues. Peptidomimetics mimic the structural elements and/or biological effects of peptides, regardless of their structure. Within this work, a new ferrocene peptidomimetic was prepared by modification of peptide bond with oxalamide unit. Oxalamide group, upon insertion in small peptides, induces their self-assembling into highly organized supramolecular structures – gels, with potential use as novel bio- or nanomaterials.